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The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-23
PROVISIONS.

DEMONSTRATING, 12@l5c; cream
cry, SO933c; dairy, 1s@22c; countr.
butter, 15@22c.
HcG PRoDUoTs--firm; mess porh
sl8a20; sugar cured hams, I2(9lSc
breakfast bacon, 10A@l13c; clear ri
sides bacon, &c; bacon shoulders, 7Ac
bulk pork clear sides, Sac; clear ri
sides, s3c; shoulders, 63e; long clear
SEC; pork strips, nc.
LARD-Tierces, 7fc; half barrels, 7Ac
kegs, Tic; choice kettle, SO.
FRESH MEATs-Oity beef, forequar
ters, 3@4c; mutton, &c; hind quarters
of beef, 6(96c; hogs, &c; country hogs,
&c.
PoULTRY-Ohickens active; spring
So 50@3; old hens, 1908 25. Turkeys, S
612. Geese, So 50@3 so. Ducks
$751; dressed chickens, So 1908 25 pei
dozen; dressed turkeys, 12(913c pei
pound.
CHEESE Prime flats, 9@1Oc; New
York factory, none; full cream, l9@
lac; Young America, lac.
Pics FEET --Barrela, 81 80; half bar.
relS, So rs; kegs, ii 10.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, March 22.--Provis.
ions frmer but slow. Pork-small
lois. new, SIS; small lots, old, s14 rs
Lardx1% 25 asked. Dry salt meats
small boxed lots. long clear, 81 rs
short ribs, 81 873@s 10; short clear
s. 20. Observation-Disclosures, SO rs; Ions
clear, SIS 20; short ribp, IS 374; short
clear, So 623 Hams, 113@l4c.
Butter firm; dairy, 15@25c; creamery,
$4,000.
CHICAGO, ILL, March 22.-Mess pork
wss marked up peg for setlemen {
OF outstanding, but there was no no.
ticsabe trading. r gular mes, pork
is quoted at 500 barrel; old winter
packed at s14@14 80; new summer
packed at 8l7@l7 so. Lard advanced
74@l0c per 100 pounds, under good
demand from shorts, and closed
steady, Short ribs were in coed de-
msnd, with shorts anxious to pur.
chase. The market opened zoe per
100 pounds higher, advanced 123c adj
ditional, receded, and closed at open
ing figures. Cash quotations were as
follows: Mess pork, per brl, 500; lard,
per 1C0 lbs, 81 81; short rib sides,
loose, 81 95; dry sailed shout
ers, boxed, $6@6 20; short
clear sides, boxed, S. 20@S %,
TheIIeading futures ranged as follows:
Mess pork-March opened at 500 go,
highest 500 80, lowest 500 90, closing
at $40 so; May opened at $2l, highest
S2l, lowest $2l, closing at SOL; June
opened at $2l, highest $21, loweet $2l,
closing at $2l. Lard-March opened
at 81 So, highest 81 40, lowest 81 IS,
closing at 81 373; May opened at
81 45, highest 81 80, lowest 81 As,
closing at 81 474; June opened at
81 %, highest 81 81, lowest 81 so,
closing at 81 So. Snort ribs--March
opened at 81 95, highest IS 07I, low
est 81 95, closing at 81 95; May opened
at S. on, highest IS 20, lowest S8 on,
closing at So Oh; June opened at IS 12l,
highest So %, lowest SIS I2!, closing
at So 124. On the Produce Exchange
today the butter market wss steady;
creamery, 24@3O4c dairy, 161@24c per
ID. Eggs, 1l3@l2c per doz.
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1887. | 1873
Increase in receipts this year.

At noon: Liverpool spots were
good inquiry. Sales, 1900 bales, Of
which American $500 bales. Receipts
80, 900 bales, of which American $500
bales.
Closing quotations were as follows
Ordinary, 1l-16d; good ordinary, 81
low middlipg, std; good midd1ing,
53d; middling uplsnds, 7,l6d mid.
ding, Orleans, 54d.
The prices are given IN pence and 64ths
thus: 4 SO means 69-64d; and 5 Oh means
5 1-64d ]
At noon: Liverpool futures were
irregular. March, -; MRrch-A pril,
5 Esd; April May, 5 28@5 I'D; May
June, 5 1906 Esd; June-July, 5 30O
5 29i; July-August, 5 S0@5 god; Aug.
uat September, 5 1905 Bid; Ssptem-
Der October, 5 Esd; September, 5 33d.
At2 pm: Liverpool futures were
quiet; March, s I'D, sellers; March
April, 5 I'D, sellers; April-May, 5 27d,
sellers; May-June, 5 29l, sellers; June
July, 629 ], sellers; July.August, 8 SOD,
sellers; August-Ssptember, Gid, sell
ers; September October, 5 25d, sellers ;
September, 32d, sellers.
AT 4 pm: Liverpool futures were
esey; March, 5 God, buyers; M.rch-
April, 5 25d, buyers; April-May, 8 25i,
buyers; Msy-June,5 26d, buyers; June
July, 5 I'D, buyers; July-August,
5 291, sellers; August. September,
5 sod, sellers; September. October,
5 24d, sellers; September, 5 Gid, sell.
pra.
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LIVE STOCK.

Corn FED CATTLR-Choice to extra,
3a94ac; good, 3i@3ac.
GRASS CATTLE = Choice, 3GASln
good, 2392ic; fair TO medium, 2@2ic
scallawa2s, l@ltc.
Hoes Choices, 6CS5Ac; good, 40
sc.
sIEEP-C Choice, 4i@5c; medium,
9A@4c.
KANSAS Cry, Mo, March 90
The Lave Stock Indicator reports: Cattle
receipts, 1900 head 4 shipments, 400 /;
market strong and 5(9l0c higher for
shipping steers; COWS q shade higher
stockers and feeding steers firm
good to choice 81 70(94 so; com.
mon TO medium, s. 1904 so; stocl.
ers, 81 COOS 81; feeding s.eers, SO 40
GA cows, 81 1908 TO. Hogs-re.
ceipts, $3.50 head; shipments, 1854;
market strong and about Sc higher,
except for pigs, which are weak; good
to choice, IS 1895 GO; common h mo
dunn, SOB 40; skipa and pics, So 81
@4 30. Sheep-reCeipts, 4l6 head;
shipments, none; marke. strong; good
to choice, SO 1904 20; common to
medium, 81 76(9S 90.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, March 22.-The Dropsrs'
Journal reports: Catile-receips 3, 5000
head; shipments, 1900 lead; market
ectivs and Toe higher; shippiog steers,
$50 TO 1900 pounds, $495 Al; stookers
aud feeders, 81 8O@4 40; bulk, $50
8 10; Texan oarn fed cattle, 81 20
Hoga-reoeipts, 10000 head; ship.
ments, 1000 head; market strong and
loo higher; rough and mixed, 10 20
C95 70; packing and shipping, SIS Goa
8 924; light, S5(95 6j; skips, So 70(1
4 So Sheep --ieceipts, 5000 head;
1000 head market strong;
natives, 1904 %; Western, $4@4 20;
Texsns, 81 1904 25; lambs, 81 500
5 623. The Drorers' Journal Lordon
cablegram this morning indicates the
arrival of very few American cattle,
which were soId more readily at 20
per pound advance, tops making l2&c
per pound, estimated dead weight.
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HOUSEHOLD SUPPLIES.

APPLKs Apples, s3@5; dried ap
pes, 6(97c per pound from store
Dried peaches, 6C974c from store.
NEdkTABLEs-0nions, sos 25 from
store. Cabbage, crate, Southern, 1894
Northern, per brl, 80 so. Kraut, brls
1905 20 half brls, So 80. Garlic, 40G
SOc per 100; Turnips, 75c@sl per brl
Celery, 100000.
FRuT-0ranges, imported, So 50@4
per box; Florida, per box, So 50(94
Lemons, SO 50@4 psr box. Bananas,
VI 5O@2 80 per buuch.
NuTs-Oocoanuts-S6' per 100. Pea
nuis-Virginis, &c; Tennessee farm
ers' stock, S@4c; roal ted, 23c higher
shelled, loo. Almonds, lSc. Walnuts
English, lSc; French, l5c. F.lberts,
l2tc. Pecsns-rexss, 79l0c; Brazil
nuts, l23c; Ches;nuts-Imported, l2Ac
per pound.
RAElEs-London layers, So; layers,
81 20; California, So l6.
PIoKLHs-In jars, pints, 95c; quarts,
VI DO; hali-Gallons, 81 rs; Gallons,
IS 75i loose, barrels, So 50t97: half
barrels, "a; mixed, barrels, $40 so:
mixed, haItbarrels, So.
EGGs-Firm, l3Ac.
PoTAToEs-Nortnern stock, 81 25@
l 20; new, $500; light demand.
CIDER-New York, 81 50(0S per bar.
rel and 81 so per half.barrel.
FIsH-Mackerel, hslf-barrels, No. /,
S 1905; No. 2, S. so; No. 3, 81 90;
lob kit, No. l, 81; No. 9, soc; No.
3, Zoe. Dry herrings, family, 25c per
box.
GAMR-Gsmo Ash, 5(16c.
VINHaAR-l0G4l5c per gallon.
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WOOL.

Wool - Bury grease wool, un,
washed, l2@lSc; clear grease wool,
23926c; bury washed, 23@30c; tub
washed, 339S5c.
ST. LOUIE, Ne, March 22-Wool
| easy and very little doing; low to tub
washed, 10000; unwashed medium
2OS25c; fine light, 18@23c; fine
heavy, l4@l9c; coarse braid, l6@2lc
low sandy, l3@l9c.
BosToN, MAss., March 22.-Wool In
buyers favor; Ohio and Pennsylvania
X faces, 3l@32c Xxx, 32Ca3Sc; Mich.
gan X S0G3lc; Ace Ohio delsine, 3B(9
SIC; Michigan delsine, 34@35c; Ken
tusky unwsshed combing, 27@32c; fall
Tevas, 45G955c; choice No. / Valley
Oregon, 28c; No. 2 Valley Oregon, 25
(926c; Bastern, loI622c; pulled woods,
good super fine, 3O(G Soc; Western su-
perrin 2S@30c; extra pulled, 30@3ec;
combing pulled, 3l@383; Territory
wools, l7@2oo.
PHILADELPHIA, PA, March o.
Wool quiet; fine washed dslaine X and
Xxx, 35937c; Ohio, Pennsylvania and
West Virginia Xxx and above, 34Gl35 |;
X, 92@3SC; medium, 3SC039o; coarse,
13@39c; New York, Michigan, H.
diana and Western foe or X and Ak,
29@3lc; medium, 37i@3sc; coarse, 81
M3Sc; washed, combing and delaine,
X and Xxx 35@35lc; Canada washed
combiDg, 37@S9c; tubwashed, choice.
40@4lc; medium unwsshed combiDg
and delsine, 30@3lc; coarse unwashed
comhing and delajne, 29@30c; East
ern Oregon, fine, 18620c; medium,
l6@22c; coarse, l9@2lc; Valley De.
gon, tine, 2l@22c; medium, 28@27c;
coar's, 23G925c; New Mexican and
Ollo'a -, iino, l5@l9c; medium, 1870
22c; co ,!ee, carpet wool, l4G9l6c.
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mass, 4Sc per pound; calomel, SOC pei
pound; mercury, 7Cc per pound
ehloral hydrate, 81 90 per pound cam
phor, Csc per pound; alcohol, barrels,
per gallon, 81 20; castor oil, barrels,
per gallon, 81 40.
PAINTS AND 0n-Whits lead, COL
lier's, 70 per pound; 500 pound lots,
6ic per pound, 24c of, 10 days; South
ern white lead, &c per pound, 500
poundfois, 63c, 24c of, 10 days; boiled
linseed oil, 4Sc per gallon, by barrel |;
raw, 4Oc; turpentine, 3Sio per gallon,
by barrel,
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COTTON wEGD PRODUCrs.

OorroN SEED In car load lots (:
Prime cruds cotton seed oil, new, ga
(998c; of crude cotton seed oil, 24(d
25c; prime summer yellow cotton seed
oil, S53@36c; OF summer yellow cotton
seed oil, 339S4c; miners summer
yellow cotton seed oil, 34@35o; prime
summer whits cotton eeed oil, -;
choice cooking yellow cotton seed
oil, 3793SG; prime cotton seed
meal, SIS 25(915 rs; less than car lots,
Sl5 25@l5 rs; off cotton seed meal,
Sl2@l3; less THAI carload lots 8l3@lA.
Cotton seed delivered at depot or
levee, $40 per ton from wagon at mills,
$40 per ton.
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FINANCE and COMMERCE.
MONEY o TO 8 PER CENT, MEN
YORK EXCHANGE Is PREM.
Cotton Steady = Middling Cotton,
9S 4c Sales Yesterday,
$500 Bales.

Money is in good request, but ID
still essy AMI plentiful for business
purposes at 8 to per cent. Funds
continue to accumulate in the banks
and the demands are restricted almost
exclusively to the regular business
trading, Local securities are firm and
in good demand. Bank stocks are in
steady demand. The cotton market
is steady; middling, 9ic. Sales, $500
bales. At New York spots were steady
m!ddling, l0b,. Futures barely steady
and A to 6 pointsllowsr; March, 10.04@
10.06c.
A leading New York cotton circular
says OF the speculative market: "The
market, after some irregularity, closed
about six points under las! evenings
figures"
At New Orleans spots were firm;
middling, 8 8 Ice. Futures steady and
to s points lower. March, 9.57c,
nominal.
Liverpool spots were good inquiry;
middling, 5 7-16d. Futures easy;
March, 5 Esd buyers.
The general market present, steady
feeling.
IMPORTS.
Three HUNDRED and fifty rls bsgglng,
10 pkgs bacon, pkgs boots and suoes,
5000 bu corn, "a sks coffee, 402 ska
cotton seed, % pkgs eggs, 375 brls
-four, $50 baes hay, 1G6 nd sheep, 90
nd horses and mules, 5000 feet lumber,
. cars pork aide1, SO pkgs rice, II brls
sugar and l72 pkgs tobacco.
ELEVATOR REPORTS.
The following shows the amount of
grain received, Withdrawn and in store
by regular elevators, as reported to the
Merchants Exchange yesterday:
Whest--in store, 4S9 bu. Oorn-re-
ceiVed, 9l5 bn;S withdrawn, 1465 Blu;
in store, 90,73S bu. Oats-received,
30S7 bu; Withdrawn, 1921 bu; in store,
81, 1921 bu.
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DRUGS, PAINTS AND OILS.

DRUas--Quinine, P. q W., o., zoe
cans, 65c; New York quinine, o., Coo
cane, coo; b. q s. quinine, o., zoe
cans, Csc; morphine, p. & W., 4 o.,
SO 10 o.; OF, walls, 81 So; New York
morphine, ! OF, SO per OF. or
visls, 81 Is; cinchonida, i OF walls
1Sc o.; or. cans, 13c OF gum
opium, per pound, 81; iodide pot
ash, So 10 per pound, inclusive; sub.
nitrate bismuth, So 10 per pound, inclu.
sive; chlorolorm, Acc per pound; blue
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MULES AND HORSES.

MULEs-BIisk and active; IA TO 14I
hands high, $85@l05; 144 TO 10 hands
high, $l05@l20; Is TO 15A hands
high, Sl20@l35; 151 to 10 hands high,
$l35C9l65. The chief demand is for
mules from 144 to 10 hands high.
HORSES Brick; drivers. $l25@200
heavy draft, $145@1SO; saddle, $3.50
175; extra saddle, $1759276; plugs,
40A75.
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PETROLEUM,

Coal On-Prime white, wholesale
lois, l0c per gallon.
CLEVELAND, o., March 22-PetIo-
leum quiet; 8. W. 1l00, &c.
PITrsBURG, Pa, March 22.-Petro-
leum dull; National Transit certificates
opened at 63s closed at 63!c; high.
est, 63sc; lowest, 63tc.
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aud more active. Sales, 81, 500 bag, ;
March, 1Sc; April, lSc; May, IS@
IS lOc: June, 1908 O5c;lJuiy and
August, Is 05(Sl3. loo; September,
Is l091S zoe; Oetober and Novemb Der,
Is. 20@lS 25c; December, Is 209lS 25c /;
January, Is 209l3 26c; February,
10 zoe. Sugar firm; refined, quiet and
firm. Molasses steady. Rice firm.
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GKINS AND PURs

SKIN, AND FURs-Deer skins, Zoe
bear, $L@7; mink, l5@80c; coon,
hunyer handled, 10000; country
handled, 15@50c; otter, 81 C96 30; baa.
YER, 5OC9f7; wild cat, 15@25c; fox,
15@75c; musk rat, 10c; opossum, 10c-
wolf, 50c@t2; skunk, 10000; pan
theirs, 50e(1Sl.
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WHISKY, WINES, LIQUORS, ETC.

WHIsKY-StrAight Kentucky BouT.
bon, 81 50@5; redistilled goods from
DOC to 81 %, according to proof; rye,
81 1905.
ST. LOUIS, Mo, March 21.--Whisky
steady at 81 10.
CHICAGO, ILL, March 22.-Whisk y
steady; distillers' finished g3odF
81 IS.
CINoMNA Fl, o., March Whisky
steady; sales, 620 barrels OF finished
goods on a basis OF 81 10.
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COTTON MARKETS.

The local cotton market opened
steady and closed steady; middling,
92c. Sales, 25OG bales, including $50
yesterday evening, 500 to exporters,
and 1000 to spinners.
EXCHANGE QUOTATIONS,
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HIDES AND TALLOW.

HrDss-Dry flint, No. /, 151c; No.
2, 121c; dry sailed, 10@l2c; green
sailed, No l, 7ic; No. Q, Gle; green,
5@6c. Sheep skins, l5c(9fl. Bees
wax, zoe. Tallow, 4c.
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SEEDs-Clover, "a 9Oa5 per bushel ;
orchard grass, 81 30; herdsgrsss, 50@
Doc; timothy, 1902 25; German mil
let, $lG11 10.
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LONDON, March 22.-Coneols 10l
1915 for money aud 102 1-16 for the
account; United States bonds, AZ, 1904
United States bonds, 44s, 1118;
Atlantic ard Great Western tirsts, 4St ;
Atlantic and Great Western seconds,
liz Bar silver quoted nominal at Al
11-16d per ounce.
PARIS, March z2.-Three per cent.
rentss, 81f 223c for the account.
BANK CLEARINGS.
CHICAGO, ILL, March 22.-Bank
clearings today, S., 1885, 600.
New YORK, March 22.-B1nk clear
ings today, $S7,93S,012; balances, S.
0l2,642.
BALTIMORE, Nd, March 22.-Bank
clearings today, 81 1928, 920; balances,
$685.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, March 22.-Bank
clearings today, $40, 1897 ,493; balances,
81, 1856, 268.
Boston, MASS, March 22.-Bank
clearings today, 1876. 420; balancee,
81, 500, 700.
ST. LOUIS, Mo, March 22.-Bank
clearings today, 81. 925, 643; balances,
1881, 5l2; exchange on New York 9Oc
discount.
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NAILS, LEAD, SHOT,

NAILs-10s, iron, 81 90; steel, So rs
LRAD-6c.
SHoT-Drop, 81 40; buck, 81 60.
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NEW YORK DRY aOODs MARKET

NRw YORK March 22.-For cotton
goods the demand was moro variable,
still q good volume OF new business
was effected While forwardings on
old purchases were Of the iullness of
previous reports.
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New York futures opened steady at
decline, and closed barely steady aud
4 to 6 points lower. Sales, l66 600
bales. The closing quotations we're as
foliouo.
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RIVERS AND WEATHER.

OFFICE SIGNAL SKRvIcE, U. 8. All
MEMPHIS, March y, lp.m,
The following observations are taken
at all stations named at 76o meridian
time, which is one hour later than
Memphis time:
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RIVERS and STEAMBOAT
STEAMERS LEAVING
MOVEMENTS AT THE LRVKE.

ArriUdis.-Belle Memphis, ST. Louis,
and City of New Orleans, 81. Louis.
.Departue'.-Belle Memphis, Vicks-
burg; Oily OF New Orleans, New Or
leans; Joe Peters, Arkansas river;
Rene Mscready, 81. Francis river, and
Buckeye State, Cincinnati.
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Pow DER.
AGRICULTURAL SEEDS,

PowDER-Kegs, So; half kegs, So rs
quarter kegs, 81 80.
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New York spots opened quiet and
steady. and closed steady; middling,
lOtc; Sales, SS9 bales. Quotations were
as follows:
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Danger Line.-Foot and tOuths of a foot

WHEELING, March 22,-Noon--River
feet / inches on the gauge and fall
ing. Weather cloudy and cool.
PiTTsBURa, March 22.-Noon-River
3 feet o inches on the gauge and sta.
tionary. Weather clear and cold.
CNoINNATI, March 22-Noon- River
II feet 2 inches on the gauge and fall.
ing. Weather clear; thermometer 400.
EVANSVILLE, March 22.-Noon-Riv-
er % feet on the gauge and falling.
Weather clear and cool. Departed:
Granite State, Cincinnati; D9soto,
Memphis.
CAIRO, ILL.,, March 22.-Noon-River
40 feet s inches ou the gauge and fall
ing. Weather clear and cold, Arrived:
W. W. 0'Neill aud tow, New Orleans,
l am; Boaz and tow, Ohio river, 0
am. Departed: W, W. O'Nelll and
tow, Ohio river, l am. Bjfz and tow,
New Orleans, Dam.
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mercantile paper, 5C96 per cent. Sterl
Ing exchange quiet but firm, at 4s4l
for sixty days and 1861 for demand.
4. bonds = Government bonds Were
duil and steady to firm. State .bondl
were dull and firm for the issues deal
in.
stocks-The transactions at the
stock Exchange today were, as far as
the usually active list is concerned,
utterly devoid of feature. Some few
OF the speculative stocks, however,
showed considerable life aAd material
advances were recorded. There was
no news which could be said to have
any eff. ct upon valuss, snd there was
scarcity even OF rumors. The de-
msnd for exchange to pay for stocks
induced an advance OF l., and while
money was easy the price as one time
was bid up TO s per cent, its only
effect being, however, to restrict trads
Ing. There was considerable activity
In Lackawanns, Erie, Reading and 81.
P1ul. Buffalo, Rochester aud Pitts
burg was bid up sharply by the Iselin
party on very light transactions.
Pullman Palace Car was remarkably
strong, the advance being accompa.
MED by rumors of an increase in the
dividend, ard Fort Worth and Dan
yer continued its advance and became
one Of the most active. 0Iher share
advances were in Milwaukee, Lake
Shore and Western common, per
cent being bid for dividends upon it
during this year, and in Tennessee
Goal, though the latter was not held.
The close was dull but firm, generally
small fraction above the opening.
Closing prices show irregular changes.
Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg is up
6 per cent; Milwaukee, Lake Shore
and Western, 3; Fort Worth and Dem
yer, %; Pullman, 81 Railroad bonds
were dull. Sales today aggregated
$685., 900. Fort Wo TIA and Denver
firsts contributed $l3l, 900 OF this.
Changes are unimportsnt.
The total sales OF stocks today were
134, 453 shares, including Delaware,
LaCkawanna and Western, $1,000;
Erie, q. 800; Louisville and Nashville,
400; Northwestern, 300; Readings
1900; st. Paul, 1885; Texas Pacific,
$500. Closing quotations:
GOVERNMENTS.
y. 8. Be, 100h. As, coup, l2SlS.
as, coup. lUs. Pacific IS Of 1895, 1261<.
BONDS.
La. stamps, 4s, 90. Missouri IS, lO1.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-23

The New Orleans future market
opened steady, and closed steady and
from 4 to 6 points lower. Sales, 81 900
bales. Quotations were as folloYs:
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-23
JOHN 4. NORTON
"a Madison Street,
DEALER IN
LOCAL STOCKS and BONDS
ALSO,
Southern Mineral and Improvement
STOCKS
FINANCE.

Money in moderate demand at 6 10
8 per cent. The Clearing House re-.
pot is as fellows:
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-23

The New Orleans spot market opsned
steady and closed firm; middling,
9 9-l6c. Sales, $500 bales. Quotations
we're SIS follows:
Yesterday, Monday.
Ordinary ....."..... s l-l8 s lie
Good ordinary. 1916 Sl3-l6
Low middling ...- 9t st
MiddliDg...."".... 8 9.l6 8 9-16
Good middling -- 915-18 8 1916
Tho Mar O.l,o,n f,,4,,.o ....L.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-06-02
Life Insurance.

Messrs. L. r. Roeder & Son, man
ayers fer Wisconsin and Northern
Michigan of the Manhattan Life Insur-
ance Co. of New York, are 10 the city
and are explaining the benefits Of Life
Insurance to our citizens. The gentle
men are favorablY known throughout
the Northwest and have placed large
amounts of insurance on tue lives of
Wisconsin's most prominent citizens.
The Manhattan is one of the oldest
companies in the United States. was
established over 81 years ago; its assets
are over 81, 10000. and it has i surplus
to policy holders Of over S2,205, 600,
that is. it is prepared to meet every
500 OF liability with $124 Il paid to
its policy holdersin 1886 over 81, 49,, 900.
The Manhattan was the first company
TO grant the lncon;estible policy. II
contains no suicide or intemperance
clauses, and they issue all policies
granting a cash surrender or paid-up-
policy These gentlcmeu have reli-
able company and although Lancaster's
most careful citizens are nearly all in
sured. still they are meeting with
deserved success.